DLA Piper has announced that it is to begin a redundancy consultation affecting 251 lawyers and back office staff, following a review of its UK business.

The firm will consult on the closure of its 85-person Glasgow office as well as the closure or divestment of its 50-strong defendant insurance practice, as well as the consolidation into one location of its document production unit, which currently employs 116 people across the firm’s eight UK offices.